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What is a Surfactant?

Surfactants are substances which lower the surface tension of water. The word "Surfactant" combines the terms "surface active agent". Surfactants play an important role as cleaning, wetting, dispersing, emulsifying, foaming and anti-foaming agents in many practical applications and products, including detergents, shampoo and paints. These surface-active agents modify the emulsifying, foaming, dispersing, spreading and wetting properties of a product.